AUGSBURG, Germany - A German-Canadian arms dealer went on trial on Monday on charges of tax evasion, fraud and bribery arising from a funding scandal that rocked Germany's conservative Christian Democrats a decade ago.
Karlheinz Schreiber, a colourful Bavarian who spent 10 years fighting his extradition to Germany, denied wrongdoing. His lawyer Jan Olaf Leisner read a statement rejecting the charges and accusing German justice authorities of prejudice.
A former junior defence minister was found guilty in 2005 of corruption, saying he received 2 million euros ($3 million US) for deals with Schreiber, who sold armoured vehicles to Saudi Arabia. Schreiber, 75, is at the heart of a scandal over party slush funds which disgraced former Christian Democrat Chancellor Helmut Kohl, who was forced to quit as honorary party leader after admitting he accepted illegal party donations.
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I hope our press doesn't forget poor old Karl Hienz.
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